Representative Phil Hare responds to YouTube gotcha video

Representative Phil Hare (D-Il) was the latest victim of a gotcha YouTube video that's shot above 300K views, in which he responds in frustration to the critics of his healthcare vote by saying he "doesn't care what the Constitution says" on the matter.



Hare then uploaded a video, a day later, explaining that the Constitution is "near and dear to me" and that his comments were taken out of context. That clip is over 100K views. In his response, he says, "we should never have to do this" (referencing that he should never have to explain his position in response to an Internet video).